Bible Dictionaries
Mercurial

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Mercurammonium

Next Entry
Mercurialism

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Mercury
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Mercury
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Mercury
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Mercury
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Mercury
Webster Dictionary
• Mercury
• Mercurially
• Mercurializing
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Mercury
• Mercury (Astronomy)
• Mercury (Mythology)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Jupiter and Mercury
• Mercury; Mercurius
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Mercury
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Mercury
• Mercury (2)

(1):

(a.) Having the form or image of Mercury; - applied to ancient guideposts.

(2):

(a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.

(3):

(n.) A person having mercurial qualities.

(4):

(a.) Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty.

(5):

(a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.

(6):

(a.) Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.

(7):

(n.) A preparation containing mercury.